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ProfessorDepartment of Medical BiophysicsUniversity of Toronto

Graham Wright

Professor

Department of Medical Biophysics

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada Research Chair in Imaging for Cardiovascular Therapeutics

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ischemic Heart Disease Electrophysiology Tissue Characterization Ventricular Arrhythmias Endovascular Treatment Peripheral Vascular Disease Critical Limb Ischemia

Latest papers

The CathPilot: Usability and Feasibility Evaluation in Simulated-Use Endovascular Interventions.
Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026
Feasibility study: Characterizing acute lesion dimensions in patients with and without devices using noncontrast (native T1-weighted) magnetic resonance imaging after ventricular tachycardia/premature ventricular complex radiofrequency ablation.
Heart rhythm · 2025
The Alternative Imaging Modalities in Ischemic Heart Failure (AIMI-HF) Trial-IMAGE HF Project 1A.
CJC open · 2025

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Design Revisions and Validations of a Catheter Steering and Navigation System For Peripheral Endovascular Revascularization
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$501,076
MRI for Arrhythmia Management in Ischemic Heart Disease
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$925,650
Brain and Body Blood Vessels: Toward Bipolar Disorder as a Systemic Microvascular Illness
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$952,425

All 24 grants and awards

20 publications.

The CathPilot: Usability and Feasibility Evaluation in Simulated-Use Endovascular Interventions.

Keshavarz SM, Zhou J, Sewani A, Cai S, Wright G, Dueck A, Tavallaei MA

Annals of biomedical engineering2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-026-04255-x PMID: 42426315

Feasibility study: Characterizing acute lesion dimensions in patients with and without devices using noncontrast (native T1-weighted) magnetic resonance imaging after ventricular tachycardia/premature ventricular complex radiofrequency ablation.

Escartin T, Terricabras M, Sheagren C, Krahn P, Roifman I, Wright G, Cheung CC

Heart rhythm2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.06.024 PMID: 40544902

The Alternative Imaging Modalities in Ischemic Heart Failure (AIMI-HF) Trial-IMAGE HF Project 1A.

Mielniczuk LM, O'Meara E, Wiefels C, Chen L, Garrard L, White J, deKemp RA, Di Carli MF, Larose E, Paterson DI, Ezekowitz J, Kandolin RM, Wright G, Campisi R, Laine MK, Connelly K, Rajda M, Vitola JV, Lepage S, Hartikainen J, Chow B, Tavoosi A, Knuuti J, Wells GA, Beanlands RSB, IMAGE HF Investigators

CJC open2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.06.023 PMID: 41425785

Modified Unipolar Return Pulsed Field Ablation in Ventricular Myocardium.

Terricabras M, Lombergar P, Escartin T, Kos B, Krahn P, Barry J, Wright G, Jarm T, Štublar J, Kranjc M, Coulombe N, Mattison L, Sigg DC, Miklavčič D, Verma A

Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology2025

DOI: 10.1161/circep.125.014006 PMID: 41031398

Biophysics and electrophysiology of pulsed field ablation in normal and infarcted porcine cardiac ventricular tissue.

Miklavčič D, Verma A, Krahn PRP, Štublar J, Kos B, Escartin T, Lombergar P, Coulombe N, Terricabras M, Jarm T, Kranjc M, Barry J, Mattison L, Kirchhof N, Sigg DC, Stewart M, Wright G

Scientific reports2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83683-y PMID: 39738639

Unsupervised classification of multi-contrast magnetic resonance histology of peripheral arterial disease lesions using a convolutional variational autoencoder with a Gaussian mixture model in latent space: A technical feasibility study.

Csore J, Roy TL, Wright G, Karmonik C

Computerized medical imaging and graphics : the official journal of the Computerized Medical Imaging Society2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2024.102372 PMID: 38581959

The CathCam: A Novel Angioscopic Solution for Endovascular Interventions.

Tahmasebi M, Alawneh Y, Miller J, Sewani A, Kayssi A, Dueck A, Wright G, Gu X, Tavallaei MA

Annals of biomedical engineering2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03344-5 PMID: 37561231

Quantification of Mechanical Characteristics of Conventional Steerable Ablation Catheters for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Heart Phantom.

Miller J, Sewani A, Rezazada J, Alawneh Y, Kazemian P, Terricabras M, Wright G, Tavallaei MA

Cardiovascular engineering and technology2023

DOI: 10.1007/s13239-023-00662-6 PMID: 36828976

Utilization and impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on patient management in heart failure: insights from the SCMR Registry.

Roifman I, Hammer M, Sparkes J, Dall'Armellina E, Kwong RY, Wright G

Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12968-022-00890-0 PMID: 36404335

Cardiac MRI segmentation with sparse annotations: Ensembling deep learning uncertainty and shape priors.

Guo F, Ng M, Kuling G, Wright G

Medical image analysis2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102532 PMID: 35872359

Design Revisions and Validations of a Catheter Steering and Navigation System For Peripheral Endovascular Revascularization

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tavallaei, Mohammad A

Keywords: Catheter Navigation; Image Guided Therapy; Revascularization; Steerable Catheter

$501,076

MRI for Arrhythmia Management in Ischemic Heart Disease

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wright, Graham A

Keywords: Electrophysiology; Ischemic Heart Disease; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Tissue Characterization; Ventricular Arrhythmias

$925,650

Brain and Body Blood Vessels: Toward Bipolar Disorder as a Systemic Microvascular Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I

Keywords: Adolescent; Atherosclerosis; Bipolar Disorder; Familial Risk; Inflammation; Microvascular; Neurocognition

$952,425

MR-Guided Management of Occlusive Peripheral Arterial Disease

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wright, Graham A

Keywords: Critical Limb Ischemia; Endovascular Treatment; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Peripheral Vascular Disease

$791,775

Hyperpolarzied 13C MRI for the Management of Heart Failure

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cunningham, Charles H

Keywords: Dnp; Heart Failure; Hyperpolarized; Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Metabolism; Mri; Pyruvate; Substrate Selection; Tca Cycle; Translational Research

$726,752

Longitudinal study of microvascular pathology as a multi-systemic phenotype underlying early atherosclerosis risk and neurocognition in bipolar disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I

Keywords: Adolescent; Atherosclerosis; Bipolar Disorder; Familial Risk; Inflammation; Microvasculature; Neurocognition

$100,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2016Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Wright, Graham A

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Personalized MRI-based predictive models to guide VT therapy

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pop, Mihaela; Wright, Graham A

Keywords: Cardiac Modelling; Ischemic Heart Disease; Minimally Invasive Ablation Therapy; Mr Imaging; Treatment Planning

$378,675

MRI Guided Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease

SupervisorCIHR2016Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Roy, Trisha

Keywords: Carotid Artery; In-Vivo Animal Model; Ischemic Stroke Treatment; Magnetically Assisted Remote-Controlled (Marc); Mri Catheter System; Percutaneous Vascular Intervention; Peripheral Arterial Disease; Swine Model; X-Ray

$6,000

Development of next generation ultrasound imaging

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Foster, F. Stuart; Burns, Peter N

Keywords: Blood Flow Imaging; Cancer Models; Contrast Agents; Gas Vesicles; Mouse Imaging; Nanotechnology; Nonlinear Ultrasound Imaging; Potentiated Therapeutics; Ultrasound Imaging And Doppler; Ultrasound Transducers

$3,676,386

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Graham Wright

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The CathPilot: Usability and Feasibility Evaluation in Simulated-Use Endovascular Interventions.

Feasibility study: Characterizing acute lesion dimensions in patients with and without devices using noncontrast (native T1-weighted) magnetic resonance imaging after ventricular tachycardia/premature ventricular complex radiofrequency ablation.

The Alternative Imaging Modalities in Ischemic Heart Failure (AIMI-HF) Trial-IMAGE HF Project 1A.

Modified Unipolar Return Pulsed Field Ablation in Ventricular Myocardium.

Biophysics and electrophysiology of pulsed field ablation in normal and infarcted porcine cardiac ventricular tissue.

Unsupervised classification of multi-contrast magnetic resonance histology of peripheral arterial disease lesions using a convolutional variational autoencoder with a Gaussian mixture model in latent space: A technical feasibility study.

The CathCam: A Novel Angioscopic Solution for Endovascular Interventions.

Quantification of Mechanical Characteristics of Conventional Steerable Ablation Catheters for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using a Heart Phantom.

Utilization and impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on patient management in heart failure: insights from the SCMR Registry.

Cardiac MRI segmentation with sparse annotations: Ensembling deep learning uncertainty and shape priors.

Design Revisions and Validations of a Catheter Steering and Navigation System For Peripheral Endovascular Revascularization

MRI for Arrhythmia Management in Ischemic Heart Disease

Brain and Body Blood Vessels: Toward Bipolar Disorder as a Systemic Microvascular Illness

MR-Guided Management of Occlusive Peripheral Arterial Disease

Hyperpolarzied 13C MRI for the Management of Heart Failure

Longitudinal study of microvascular pathology as a multi-systemic phenotype underlying early atherosclerosis risk and neurocognition in bipolar disorder

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Personalized MRI-based predictive models to guide VT therapy

MRI Guided Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease

Development of next generation ultrasound imaging

Frequent collaborators

Atul Verma

Kim Connelly

Mohammed Shurrab

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Eric Larose

Benjamin Chow

Mihaela Pop

James White

Ahmed Kayssi

Maged Goubran

Thomas Forbes

Peter Burns

Jagdish Butany

Justin Ezekowitz

Heather Ross